3.JAMES JEFFERSON3 CARR (THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born Oct 1, 1834 in Grayson Co., VA, and died Oct 2, 1878 in Ezel, Morgan Co., KY.He married MARTHA ALICE JENNINGS Oct 13, 1855 in Jefferson, Ashe Co., NC, daughter of THORNTON JENNINGS and CHARITY FENDER.She was born Mar 12, 1837 in Ashe Co., NC, and died Jul 1, 1886 in Ezel, Morgan Co., KY. Notes for JAMES JEFFERSON CARR:!MILITARY:James J., entered Confederate State of America, Co. C, 8 Reg't, Virginia Cavalry, for two years from 30 Jun 1863 to 31 Aug 1864, also 1 Nov 1863 to 31 Oct 1864, enlisted 27 Apr 1862, Crumps, Co. C, 8th Reg't Virginia Cavalry, organized 1 Aug 1861, private Carr, Jeff., Grayson County A History of Words and Pictures, pg 137. National Archives, Records, Confederate, 8th Cav, VA Co. Muster Roll June 30, 1863 to Aug 31, 1864 Co. Muster Roll Nov 1, 1863 to Oct 31 1864 Receipt Roll for 4 Qr, 1864 !CHANCERY:Chancery Order Book, 1854-1865, Grayson Co., VA, page 588. Deed of bargain and sale from Jeremiah Jennings and wife to James J. Carr was ordered in court with a certicate of acknowledgment there to annexed and ordered to be recorded. !PROBATE:Deed, Morgan Co., KY Book 1, pg 271, between Caleb Kash, Etc, and J.J. Carr, 1 Mar 1870. James J. Carrentered Confederate Army Co. C, 8 Regiment, Grayson, Virginia Cavalry, as private for two years; enlisted 27 Apr, 1862. Military records and birthplace of children in 1870 census indicate family moved to Morgan Co., KY from Grayson Co., VA between 1864 and 1867 - probably after the Civil War.Listed as farmer in 1870 Morgan Co. Census, Blackwater district; value of farm $700.In the 1860 Grayson Co. census he is listed with his father, Thomas Carr. From the Sentinel-Democrat: On the 2 day of October, [1877] Jeff J. Carr, a prominent citizen of Morgan County, was shot while riding along the road and instantly killed.His slayer was hid in the bushes on the roadside and used a shot gun and it is probable that Carr did not know or see the assassin.The whole community was aroused and every possible effort was used to discover who did the shooting but to no avail.Various persons were accused but satisfactory proof was made against any one, and no indictment was made until at the recent session of the Morgan Circuit Court, when the grand jury, after examining a number of witnesses, returned an indictment against Thomas Fields, accusing him of committing the murder, and against James Perry, Cyrus Perry, Sr., and Jasper Perry as being accessories, and all conspiring aiding and abetting.As we are informed, the indictment was made on the testimony of the wife of James Perry and circumstances surrounding the parties which go to establish the theory that Fields was hired to do the killing by the Perrys who were enemies of Carr because he had in a difficulty killed John Harvey Perry, the son of Cyrus, and brother of James and Joseph. Fields is a well known criminal and is now in the penitentiary serving a sentence in the Mason Circuit Court for horse stealing.The friends of the Perrys claim that there is no just grounds for the accusation against them, and the Commonwealth's Attorney, pro tem, who drew the indictment is of the opinion that no case can be made on the testimony produced before the grand jury. James Carr is buried on a hill under a cherry tree on a private farm near Ezel, Morgan Co., KY. Children of JAMES CARR and MARTHA JENNINGS are: